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Screenshot from video "Excavating an Extinct Toothed Whale" showing two scientists digging in the ground for fossils.
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Excavating an Extinct Toothed Whale

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A sunset over marshland near Ocean City, N.J.
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Sunset Over Marshland

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A relative of insects, trilobites lived on the ocean floor during the Cambrian period.
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Trilobites

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Colorful Christmas tree worms
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A Forest of Christmas Tree Worms

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The Line Islands are one of the most remote places in the Pacific Ocean.
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Line Islands

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a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Ceramic Pottery Recovered from Early Whaling Community

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A paraglider flies over the ocean
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Trichodesmium

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Screenshot from video showing a close-up image of a plankton.
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The Secret Life of Plankton

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a graphic depicting the four species of puffins
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What do the Puffins Look Like?

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A scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.
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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark

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The OP Community Manager

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